Location, Location, Location

[MM_Dandy]

Over this ridge lies either a horde of giant insects or a top-secret government facility that holds thousands of ordinary items imbued with mystical powers.

[Мастер]

Them?

[MM_Dandy]

Oh, excellent guess - unfortunately, not correct.

The bugs clue refers to a more modern movie where this earthly landscape stands in for an alien world, and the government facility clue refers to a current television series.

[tubeswell]

Paul?

[Heid the Ba]

Starship Trooper?

[MM_Dandy]

Starship Trooper?

And that's the movie! The scenery is of the Badlands of South Dakota. Check the spoiler for the TV show.
[spoiler]Warehouse 13.[/spoiler]

[Heid the Ba]

Claimed locations for this film vary, this is one of them for the first scene and near the last scene.

[Мастер]

The Italian Job?

[Lianachan]

Goldfinger?

[tubeswell]

A Bond flick?

[Heid the Ba]

The Italian Job?

Correct. Passo dello Stelvio is one of the claimed locations for the first scene (and looks right to me), the last scene is more likely to be in the Lesser St bernard Pass.

There is a scene from Goldfinger on the same pass, so I suppose I would have accepted that if given first.

[Мастер]

http://www.google.com/maps?q=Ord+Street ... 58,,0,7.85

[Lianachan]

Chinatown?

[Мастер]

Chinatown?

That was quick! One of the final scenes. (Maybe the final scene.)

[Lianachan]

Chinatown?

That was quick! One of the final scenes. (Maybe the final scene.)

It was a pure guess, based on the quantity of Chinese writing that I could see. Also, spinning it a bit to the right showed even more of it, and a sign that said "China Town 2011" - so, I thought, that'd be a decent first guess!

[Мастер]

Also, spinning it a bit to the right showed even more of it, and a sign that said "China Town 2011" - so, I thought, that'd be a decent first guess!

I spun the camera away from that sign, for that reason :)

[Lianachan]

Ha.

No camera moving required to identify this very easy one.

[MM_Dandy]

Cheers.

[MM_Dandy]

You climb this because it's there.

Of course, rocket boots come in very handy.

[Мастер]

I know what it is, and I've been there.

What film it is, this I do not know.

[tubeswell]

Jurassic Park?

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

You climb this because it's there.

Of course, rocket boots come in very handy.

That's the cliff Kirk tries to climb in, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

[MM_Dandy]

You climb this because it's there.

Of course, rocket boots come in very handy.

That's the cliff Kirk tries to climb in, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.

That's right! It's called 'El Capitan' and is in Yosemite Park. While trying to explain to Spock why he's climbing the cliff, Kirk says something like 'You climb the mountain because it is there.'

Your turn, HD

[Halcyon Dayz, FCD]

http://goo.gl/maps/hCkSm

Hint: A 1998 action flick.
A niece of mine was an extra in this film.

[tubeswell]

The Bourne Identity?